TheAcquisition of Sociolinguistic Competence in a Lingua Franca Context / / Mercedes Durham.

In a world where an increasing amount of communication takes place in English among non-native speakers, this study presents data from email exchanges to provide the first examination of sociolinguistic competence and the acquisition of native-like variability in an English as a Lingua Franca (ELF)...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Second Language Acquisition
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. English as a Lingua Franca
  • 2. Second Language Variation
  • 3. English as a Lingua Franca in a Multilingual Context: Switzerland
  • 4. Data
  • 5. Methodology
  • 6. Future
  • 7. Relatives
  • 8. Complementizers
  • 9. Lexical Variation: Also, As Well and Too
  • 10. Discussion
  • 11. Conclusion
  • References
  • Index